Last summer's World Cup broadcast, produced by Soccer United Marketing and ABC, has been nominated for a Sports Emmy (outstanding live special).» 0 Comments

WORLD: Memories of &#39;99 for UnitedPosted by Soccer America on Mar. 30, 10:58 a.m.Manchester United hopes to hang on to its six-point lead at the top of the Premier League when it hosts Blackburn on Saturday (TV: Setanta Sports USA, live, 10 am ET). Second-place Chelsea visits last-place Wigan (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, live, noon ET).

United has a shot at repeating its 1999 treble. It's through to the semifinals of the ...» 0 Comments

BY THE NUMBERS: Mexico outdraws USA in USAPosted by Soccer America on Mar. 30, 10:54 a.m.On Wednesday, Mexico beat Ecuador in Oakland, Calif., in a game that was sold out two weeks before kickoff while on the same day a crowd nearly a fifth smaller attended the USA's game against Guatemala in Texas.

''We probably could have sold another 50,000 tickets,'' said David Alioto, executive vice president for Earthquakes Soccer, which co-hosted the Mexico-Ecuador ...» 0 Comments

WOMEN: USA welcomes 32 players into residencyPosted by Soccer America on Mar. 30, 10:52 a.m.The U.S. women's national team will welcome 32 players into residency training camp on April 2 at the U.S. Soccer National Training Center at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. for a four-month period that will lead into the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China.

But three officials in the traffic police department decided the man who won World Cups for Germany as a captain and coach should get a break. So they claimed the car was an unmarked auto used by ...» 0 Comments

A younger, less experienced U.S. team than the one that beat Ecuador, 3-1, Sunday battered futilely against a Guatemalan wall and came away with a 0-0 draw at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas.

Alternately forging up the flanks and hitting long balls into the heart of the Guatemalan defense, the U.S. carved out ...» 0 Comments

EURO &#39;08:England finally finds the netPosted by Soccer America on Mar. 29, 12:46 p.m.After getting shut out in its last three Euro 2008 qualifiers, England finally found the net against Andorra, a nation tucked between Spain and France whose entire population could fit into Wembley stadium.

The 3-0 win on second-half goals by Steven Gerrard, who struck twice, and David Nugent, puts England in a three-way tie for second in Group E ...» 0 Comments

There's something bizarre happening in Dallas. By replacing a Finn, an Irishman and an American with a Colombian and an Argentine, among other changes, Coach Steve Morrow has already transformed the identity of his team.